TENESSEE —
An alarming report has surfaced involving allegations that a police officer and his wife were sadistically torturing their children for over 100 days.
Officer Michael McIntosh has pleaded guilty to 15 counts of aggravated child abuse.
His wife, Jessica Cox, is the step-mother of the children, is now on trial for multiple charges as well, including aggravated child abuse.
The children, two boys, were just 14 and 16 when the torture reportedly occurred.
Prosecutors stated that the boys have permanent scars that are allegedly the result of the torture.
The boys were able to escape one night in May 2013 as Officer McIntosh and his wife were sleeping, according to reports.
The boys had been handcuffed together and were still swollen from a beating when they escaped, reports say.
The swelling was apparently noticed by a staff member at their school, who then called 911.
According to reports, the boys were beaten for hours with a rolling pin.
According to reports, the torture included sadistic humiliation and pain, freezing the children in ice baths, forced starvation, burning their flesh, bludgeoning them, and forcing them to hold their arms above their heads for hours.
“The only thing I wanted my entire childhood would not to be in that situation I was in,” the elder brother testified, according to the News Sentinel.